Exceptionals

“A radical new playbook for the future of leadership in the AI era.” Prince Constantijn van Oranje If you’ve ever been told you’re too much, too different, or not enough, Exceptionals offers a different truth. This is not another leadership book built around a narrow idea of who a leader should be. It is written for leaders navigating systems that were never designed for them. Grounded in her original Identity Intelligence™ (IdQ) framework, Ingrid Tappin shows how the experiences that shape identity are not liabilities to manage, but sources of leadership intelligence to leverage. Through bold insights, real-world stories and a dynamic quadrant model, this book helps you lead from clarity about who you are, rather than from expectation. You’ll learn how to recognize the leadership instincts shaped by your identity and use them to build influence, strengthen teams, and redesign systems — without shrinking yourself. You’re not the exception to the rule. You are the rule, rewritten.